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Welcome to Closer to Christ through General Conference,

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where two friends who love Jesus share our own

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approach to studying the most recent General

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Conference talks. This is Abbey and Amy. Let's

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jump into it. Happy Conference Sunday. Happy

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Conference. We are so excited to soon kick off

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our April 2025 session of General Conference

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with you as we take a deep dive into the prophet's

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world next Sunday, April 13th, also Palm Sunday.

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But because we have this week to offer, we wanted

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to give that to the Lord and ask what He wanted

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of it. And the opportunity presented itself to

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do one podcast on the happenings of the Holy

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Week with our special guest again. adam hello

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so amy and i are excited to to have him here

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with us and when we we are assuming there's going

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to be a multitude of offerings about the holy

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week about things in preparation for easter and

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we're so grateful for that we'll be diving into

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a lot of them either other podcasts that i listen

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to but because we have this opportunity it would

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be a shame not to to take it if this is what

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you're listening to and this helps you to get

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a little bit closer to jesus christ this easter

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season than before then we're happy to throw

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this podcast out out into the world for sure

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abby so bring many of you might have remembered

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in april of 2023 elder stevenson gave the talk

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that was entitled the greatest easter story ever

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told and i really like how he talked about easter

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you know he talks about first of all christmas

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we all have our traditions we do the things and

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it's a big deal in our families and he sort of

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talked about why is easter not as big if it isn't

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in your family And he even said, reminded us,

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you know, the first presidency letter was set

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out and we now have one hour of church on Easter,

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which gives us more time with our family to reflect.

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He said this, these words of the prophet Joseph

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Smith add additional context to the significance

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of the events surrounding Easter. And we've heard

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this before. The fundamental principles of our

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religion are the testimony of the apostles and

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prophets concerning Jesus Christ, that he died.

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was buried and rose again the third day and ascended

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into heaven and all other things which pertain

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to our religion are only appendages to it then

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he talked about him and his wife lisa how they

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discussed ways they might be able to incorporate

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things more in their in their lives and it's

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just this question so i'll just leave this it's

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a great question for any family to ask How do

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we model the teaching and celebration of the

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resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Easter story,

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with the same balance, fullness, and rich tradition

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of the birth of Jesus Christ, the Christmas story?

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That's awesome. And this is really, it's really

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hit home the last couple of years, especially.

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Finding a need to, in our hearts, we know we

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love the Easter story. We know that it is pivotal.

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It's essential in our worship. We know. this

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week is sacred above all else. But apparently

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it's time to make sure that the world knows it

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just as much as we know it in our hearts to be

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more visible about what we can offer to him.

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Have you made some changes in your home? You

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know, I'm different every year. It depends on

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what we're doing. But yes. And the other thing

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is, when you're saying it's time to make it known,

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for me, it's time to make it known to my younger

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kids. We've done the things, but they're older

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now. They were not sentient beings, as my daughter

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calls them, the oldest. She's like, he was four,

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mom. I'm like, yeah, you're right. So we're doing

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the things again. I love doing the Easter egg

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thing where there's a token in each of the days.

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Just because it starts, it's not very much time

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and it has a good, amount of time. Symbolically

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brings you back. And then I do love doing a dinner

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of some type together, like some Passover or

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something. It's just fun. If I could go back,

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I would have rephrased the question, what are

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you doing in this season of your life? And that

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answered exactly what I was hoping for. And we

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have our children under the same roof and their

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schedules are pretty easy to work around that.

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But that's been a big one for us, a nice Passover

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meal together and opportunities, more opportunities

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to talk about our Savior. We've got little kids.

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Of course, the bunny has been part of our story

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and the baskets in a new Easter dress. But really

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trying to separate that. It's a different day.

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And really more emphasize on the freshness, the

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renewal of life and what our Savior did for us.

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So we've taken it seriously and it's made a difference

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for our kids, I think. Yeah. So this is our offering

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as not experts. Not experts. Just friends. and

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disciples of Jesus Christ, and what we know and

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believe of Him. And in my own personal life,

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these are things that I ponder about every Sunday.

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So it doesn't have to just be Easter Sunday,

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but as we partake of the sacrament, we could

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think of these things every Sunday throughout

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the whole year, and just reflecting on the Savior's

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life and what He's done for us. So I think that

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probably the best place to start if you wanted

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to look up places in the scriptures we go to

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maybe exodus chapter 12 and let's start with

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the um story of the uh children of israel being

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in bondage and they are in bondage for 400 years

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and they are looking for a deliverer to come

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and deliver them and as we think of our own lives

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personally each of us are in bondage and we need

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we need a deliverer And that's a weekly thing

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that we need as we go and partake of the sacrament.

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So as we ponder these things, we can think about

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Jesus Christ as our deliverer. Getting us out

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of bondage every time that we allow Him to be

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that person for us. Yeah, every time we allow

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Him to step in and do that for us. So if you

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think about the ten different plagues that...

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the Lord allowed to happen to the Egyptians and

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to soften Pharaoh's heart and to get things going,

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it leads up to the last one. And even if we're

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not familiar with the scriptures, we can think

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of the Prince of Egypt, right? Absolutely. Get

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that in our minds, right? Love that. It seemed

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like each of the plagues were specifically designed

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to kind of counteract like a false god that they'd

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been worshipping. Correct. Pretty true? Yeah.

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So, take us to the last one. So, we're on the

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last one. And if we go to verse number three.

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So, what the Lord had asked them to do is to

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go out and to select a lamb on the tenth day.

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And they take this lamb into their house and

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they bond with it. And it is part of them. It's

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without blemish. And it's in their house. For

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four days. You can fall in love with a lamb in

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four days. In four seconds, Amy. You can. So

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that lamb is there with them. And as you've seen

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in verse number five, as we said, without blemish,

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it's a male of the first year. And then verse

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number six, on the 14th day of the month, then

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they take this and they offer that as a sacrifice.

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Wow. And then we think about the last week of

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the Savior's life. and you do the math not that

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it necessarily might line up so we have palm

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sunday and then here's the savior entering into

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our lives and whether we accept him or reject

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him however that works he's there he's there

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and then on that fourth day he was offered as

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the sacrifice and uh it goes to all these different

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things so this is if you go down to verse number

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eight They have unleavened bread because they

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didn't have time to let the leaven rise. And

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so they're using this unleavened bread and they

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have the bitter herbs and all these different

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things that are to be intended to point them

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to the Savior. And that is something that they're

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supposed to do, is do this in remembrance of

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the bondage that they're in and the deliverance

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that's going to come. So that kind of short,

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brief introduction to something that the whole

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world is very familiar with is the story of the

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Exodus and Moses and being the deliverer and

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helping the children of Israel. Then we come

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down to the Savior's life, who is all of this

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is pointing to him. So let's start with Palm

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Sunday. And here comes the Savior, and he comes

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riding. on a donkey that has never been ridden

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you know it's a fresh colt and he comes riding

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into town and everybody's expecting a messiah

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or a deliverer and here he comes and all the

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prophecies that have been laid up are pointing

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to this event and here comes the savior so they

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go and they get palm fronds off of the trees

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and Part of the Jewish festivals is this represents

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freedom. It's like us on the 4th of July lighting

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off fireworks and saying, this is it. We are

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going to be freed. And here comes the Savior

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riding into Jerusalem. And everybody's yelling,

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Hosanna. Which means, save us now or save now.

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And they may have been looking for... A different

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deliverer at this time? A military strategist.

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Perhaps on a horse, armed with a sword, right?

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Like to get it going. They were ready for the

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Roman government to be annihilated. I'm sure

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they were. And to be thrown down. So as he comes

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triumphantly going through town, there's Anton

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Fortress that is there that means, okay, we are

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going to wipe out. the Roman government, and

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then we have the house of the Lord or the temple

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that is there. And Jesus goes to the temple.

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And from that point, many people are like, oh,

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this isn't the deliverer that we were looking

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for. So as we think about our sacred temples

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and as we dedicate a sacred temple, we do the

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Hosanna Shout. And not that we have palm fronds,

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but we have a little white hanky that we take

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out. And in a somewhat reverent manner, but in

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a very joyful reverence, as the house of the

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Lord is dedicated, we all exclaim with joy, Hosanna,

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Hosanna to God and the Lamb. I don't know about

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you ladies, but as you think about the house

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of the Lord and how the Lord saves us, as we

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exclaim that joy, I just think about, as I go

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through the temple and think about all the ordinances

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and covenants that we make with God that saves

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us, how exciting that is. Is there anything that

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stands out to you too about that? The temple,

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what makes you want to exclaim Hosanna because

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of the house of the Lord? That I want to talk

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about right now? Probably not. Wiping a tear.

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But I'm just thinking my temple worship is affected

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greatly when I think of all that my Savior's

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done for me. And I'm just trying to kind of bottle

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up those feelings in my heart about the Savior.

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And I want them in the temple with me. I want

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them out of the temple with me. To show my gratitude

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for the things that he's done for me with that

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temple worship. Really coming to. Amy and I finally

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got to make a trip to the temple last week after

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her month of misery. She was like, I'm feeling

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better. I'm like, great. When are we going to

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the temple? And she's like, I'm going tomorrow.

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I'm like, I'm with you. That was my first thing.

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Am I really ready to go out into society? I can

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do the temple. But it makes a difference. We

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had the place to ourselves pretty much. I also

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think it's wonderful because so many of us have

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things going on in our lives. we have a plan.

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We know how things are going to, or I shouldn't

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say that. We don't know how things can work out,

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but we see what like needs to happen. So this

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is going to happen. This is going to happen.

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This is going to happen. And I love that, that

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Jesus just came out and was like, I see you all.

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That's wonderful. We're going to the temple.

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And you're like, Oh yeah. Okay. So it just, I

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don't know. Sometimes there's always a part of

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me that's like, But this is the real stuff. This

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is like the stuff that has to be done no matter

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what. And he always brings in the spiritual and

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he's like, this is the real stuff. So I just

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have to remember always the balance because I'm

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always asking what part is my part and what part

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is his? Because if I just sat there and was like,

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hey, you know, okay, Jesus, ride in on your donkey

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and tell me everything I'm going to do. That

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wouldn't be a balance either. I need to have,

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you know, my own convictions, my own, like I

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have, I'm doing this and my focus is, and then

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just remember that. Whatever he says trumps mine

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and they both work together. And that's how we

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get through life is both of us equally yoked.

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Perfect. So I think, I don't know if you're listening

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and you want to put pause and just listen to

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this one day at a time. That's Palm Sunday. You

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can pause there. That's Palm Sunday. And you

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can think about how. Yeah, let's call this action

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item just so it's pretty clear. Like today's

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action item is. Think about. How you are grateful

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for the salvation that Jesus Christ brings. How

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have you been freed from bondage by Jesus Christ?

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Or how will you allow yourself to be? In Hebrew,

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Jesus means God saves. And Christ also means

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the anointed or the Messiah. So God saves. He

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is the anointed one. And so it's Jesus the Christ.

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He's just going to help us. And I hope that as

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we think about this continuing going on through

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this, that we can see how much the Lord really

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wants to save us. So if you want to take it a

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day at a time, this is the pause button. And

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if you want to just get the week in your brain

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to be thinking about it, we'll run to Monday.

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So here we go. So to Monday, I say we can start

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in Matthew chapter 21. Okay. So as we head to

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Matthew chapter 21, we think about the Savior,

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and he's going to cleanse the house of the Lord,

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the Lord's temple. And on this day, the people

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that were living around the Savior, this is where

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they would take and they would cleanse their

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house. And they would go through and they would

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get all leavened substances and get it out because

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of... remembering the Passover day and making

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the unleavened bread. And they're just taking

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all of the things that are impure and they're

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just cleansing it. So the Savior goes into the

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temple and he sees that everybody has to travel

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to the temple and they all have to purchase an

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animal to sacrifice. And there is set up inside

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the temple money changers that are exchanging

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money from, these areas that these people are

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traveling into and they're transferring transferring

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their money and it is thought that the the people

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that are running the temple are making money

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on the exchange on the exchange of these sacrifices

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that are intended to point us to the ultimate

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sacrifice so here's the savior he comes in and

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some of us get a little uncomfortable with this

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uh image that And John talks about the Savior

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makes fashions a whip and kind of cracks it in

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the air and demands that the people leave his

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father's house. And as we look at verse number

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12, and it says, It is written, my house shall

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be called the house of prayer, but you have turned

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it into a den of thieves. And so I love that

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part. As he cleanses the temple, what are we

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doing to cleanse our life? What are we doing

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to take those things that are impure and unholy

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and purging our inner vessel or our temple that

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God has given to us? But then if we look at verse

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number 14, after we get... the temple cleansed,

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who shows up? Abby, will you read 14 there? I

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will. It says, And the blind and the lame came

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to him in the temple, and he healed them. So

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he was turning it back into its original purpose,

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to heal and to bless and to remove burdens and

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making it the focal point of what it should have

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intended to be. And so as we think about Monday,

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What are we doing to cleanse our life and then

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reach out and to bless and to heal? That's awesome.

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And it's true. You do need to make room. for

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it you just have all the same stuff in you that

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you always have there's no more room for jesus

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and for the things that he has to teach something

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that was said had this very strong image of the

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vessel and you empty out the bad and maybe there's

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still some stuff left in there there was there

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was plenty of good in you you just are emptying

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out the things that can go the things that are

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overburdening you the things that are of less

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importance like Sorting your life out, letting

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things rise to the top. Exactly. Letting things

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sink to the bottom. They've already risen to

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the top. They're probably just sitting there.

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At that point, it's just time to acknowledge,

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oh, I'm done with this. Give this to God, you

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know, and then give me all the good. Make room.

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It's a great suggestion. I love that. So that's

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Monday. That's Monday. So we'll just reiterate

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that. I can't wait for Monday. Deep cleaning.

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So maybe you can have your kids clean their room.

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I love that. Have your kids clean their room.

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Have them clean the house. There's a lot of things

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they can do. For a special guest. Yeah. To cleanse

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the temple. Our house is a place we want to have

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the Lord come. abode with us i'm loving this

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i'm so here but so here for it okay so this is

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another pause button or continue with us let's

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hop into tuesday teaching tuesday so tuesday

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yes sometimes we call it teaching tuesday so

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again imagine the savior at the temple and then

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here is where the savior teaches all sorts of

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very familiar parables sermons that can take

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place. So as we think about that, we can think

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of the parable of the ten virgins. We can also

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think about the parable of the sheep and the

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goats. We can think of the parable of the talents.

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The Savior is asked many questions on this day,

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talking about the two great commandments. First

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is to love the Lord thy God with all your heart,

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mind, and strength. And the second is to love

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your neighbor as yourself. And so these are very

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familiar things that we talk about all the time

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and ponder them. And the Savior is doing this

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to help prepare the minds of the people. He's

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bonding with them. That lamb that we just brought

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into our house. And he is now bonding with his

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people. And here we are on the, what is it, the

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second day. Right. So do you guys have a favorite

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story of the Savior that comes to your mind?

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We've got the parable of the fig tree is another

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thing that he did. I'm going to have you tell

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us about the sheep and the goat. That literally

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doesn't come to my mind. What's the story? It's

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in Matthew 25, I think. I can reference. Yes,

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25. Yeah, it is after the 10 virgins. I think

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it must get overshadowed by the 10 virgins. And

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the talents, yeah. Parable of the talents. I'm

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pretty much obsessed with it. parable of the

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10 versions. Yes. Because Amy and I were back

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in the day, like over a year and a half ago when

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we were first toying with the podcast thing.

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For some reason, we landed on this parable. We

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were only going to do like three episodes. Yeah.

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Three episodes between conference sessions. And

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he's like, that wasn't what I wanted. Okay, fine.

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So we rethought it, but we did spend a lot of

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time. We never aired it, but we spent a lot of

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time on the parable and really gave me a chance

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to say like, I like to consider myself a white,

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you know, one of the wise virgins. But really,

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in self -reflection, there's things that I do

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that are foolish. And it just gives you an opportunity.

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Like, where are you at in this season? What can

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you do to be prepared, be that different person?

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Like never patting myself on the back, like,

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oh yeah, I'm in with him. It's a daily, it's

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a constant struggle because of the challenges

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of this world to consider yourself foolish or

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wise. Like we're making so many different choices.

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You're more familiar with the sheep than the

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goats than you think you are. I'm sure I am.

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The sheep are on his right hand side and the

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goats are on his left. And then he talks about

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him being naked. hungry, and it is said, when

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saw we the naked and hungry? Okay, I've seen

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this. And it says, inasmuch as you have done

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one of the least of these, my brethren, you have

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done it unto me. We know the scriptures, the

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parable of the sheep and the goats, as the Savior's

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telling that particular story that is there.

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Perhaps you know it better by King Benjamin's

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way of saying that. You know what I mean? You're

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like, oh, I forgot that came from the sheath

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and the goat. So Adam, as I was looking back,

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the talents is one of my absolute favorite ones.

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And what's interesting is I, for all of my life,

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probably till, I don't know, till I was 40 something,

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I totally felt like I was the person who didn't

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get the talent. I got one measly one. And there

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is a feeling about that of being like, do you

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want to just hold on to that with all that you're

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worth? Because that's all you have. There is

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a scarcity mindset, I think, at the beginning.

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Anyway, when I hit about 43 or 44, whatever.

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I just decided to say, skip it. I'm going to

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do my best with that talent, whatever it is.

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It's not one that I necessarily chose, let's

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say. Anyways, what I have learned, though, is

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that, and especially just this last week, I have

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been going through some things that I've been

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really struggling with the Lord. When I look

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back at the timetable, it's been eight years.

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That's a long time. At like six years, I was

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like, or at like five and a half, I was like,

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okay, good, I'm done with this. Like, we're good.

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And there was not much. And then two more years,

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I worked really, really hard on it, but in different

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ways. And then this past six months was like

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the finishing thing. And I really was, I've been

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going through this, you know, someone could call

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it a sickness. I love how President Nelson talked

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about when he hurt his ribs and he fell, he said,

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as I've been healing. That's what I will say.

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As I've been healing this past month, I was praying

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about this specific thing. And again, I've been

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praying for it for all of these years. So it's

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not always on my mind because it's like, it's

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just kind of in with everything else at this

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point. But what I was really praying about was

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my health right now. And anyway, at the end,

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I was doing a prayer journal and I just, I'm

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doing so much better. And I said, Heavenly Father,

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this was the day we went to the Temple Abbey.

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And I was fasting that day as well. And at the

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end, I just prayed and said, Heavenly Father,

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will you help me to see the ways that you have

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healed me during this process in ways I don't

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recognize yet? And he knows how to get my attention

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because as I was prayer journaling, he just said,

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be aware in the next few days, the Holy Ghost

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will bring things to your knowledge and your

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remembrance. And he knows for me, that means

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like game on. Okay, like I'm ready for whatever

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it is. Anyways. I was prayer journaling a little

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bit later, and he literally said that this thing

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that I've been working on for now eight years,

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he said, you have mastered it. And the words

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that came to my mind, I couldn't remember where

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they were. But it was Matthew 25 was the Lord

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said, well done, thou good and faithful servant.

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Thou has been faithful over a few things, just

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a few things. And I was like, wow, it feels big.

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Like just those few things he's given me have

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blessed my life in such a way. He's magnified

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it, you know? And I know that this thing that

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he says, and I love this part, is he said, thou

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have been faithful over a few things. I will

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make thee rule over many things. Enter thou into

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the joy of the Lord. And in that one thing, I

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have entered into the joy of the Lord, and I

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opt in over and over for the other things He's

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going to give me. Am I going to love Him at the

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time? Probably not. Sometimes these, quote, talents

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or whatever it is, it's a challenge and it's

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a struggle, but we learn so much, and He magnifies

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us through that. So just this week again, I loved

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the parable of the talents again. So as you were

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saying that, I was thinking about the Savior

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teaching this in the temple. And as we enter

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into the temple, he invites us into the celestial

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room. And we get to experience the fullness of

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joy, right? Totally. That is there. But as you

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said, I feel like I have one talent. And as I

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think about the Savior's Day, he's surrounded

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by disciples as well as Pharisees and scribes.

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And as he's telling this parable, can you envision

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the Pharisees being like, Yeah, I've got a lot

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of talents. They're counting them. Yeah, look

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how awesome I am. But instead, they're the ones

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that are burying it. They're not sharing this

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goodness with others. And because of that, they

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are now limited. And their talent is taken and

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given to another that is going to take his gospel

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and spread it to the world. So that is, I'd say,

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Tuesday, whatever you guys want to talk about

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on that, find a parable and talk about it with

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your family members. We get to celebrate Easter

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every year. So I'm thinking like just as a matter

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of simplicity for me in the stage that I am,

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you know, maybe we hit the parable of the 10

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virgins. Maybe we hit the sheep and the goats

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this year. Maybe we hit the talents. We don't

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have to cover all of them, but we put a lot of

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emphasis in something that the Savior taught.

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We're in this week. And just one little side

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thought. As you were talking, I was thinking,

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when I recommend myself to the temple, and I

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hold that recommend, that's all I have to offer

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at the door. And I go in, and then what he does

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with my desire and willingness to enter his holy

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house, the covenants, the blessings that pour

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out with the covenants that we make, he does

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a lot with that wonderful talent. Okay, so that's

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Tuesday. Okay, so find something to teach. Love

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it. Focus on one of the parables. For yourself,

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for your family. Yes. So, pause for, join us

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on Wednesday. Here we go, Wednesday. Is there

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a cute name for Wednesday? Some of the, of our

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.859
Christian brothers and sisters, they call it

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Spy Wednesday, I guess. Will you talk a little

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more and then we'll decide if we agree. Well,

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:36.519
there's not a lot that the scriptures say on

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:39.420
this day. Definitely the Savior is going about

00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:41.579
doing good, but it's nothing that a scholar will

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:45.180
be like, this event took place on this day. And

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:47.460
so some people will say this is the day that

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:53.619
Judas is going around and seeking to betray the

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:58.400
Son of God. So they call it Spy Wednesday. Interesting.

00:28:58.640 --> 00:29:04.019
But if he's betraying the Savior, I think maybe

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:07.440
we should think about what can we do to bless.

00:29:08.029 --> 00:29:11.250
and help and heal and bring people closer to

00:29:11.250 --> 00:29:15.930
christ and um so there's two two accounts in

00:29:15.930 --> 00:29:19.650
the scriptures where there is a woman anointing

00:29:19.650 --> 00:29:26.690
uh the savior with some very expensive oil and

00:29:26.690 --> 00:29:28.890
as you think of this you take us there yeah so

00:29:28.890 --> 00:29:33.950
matthew 26 okay so as we we go to matthew 26

00:29:33.950 --> 00:29:40.299
and uh here is this woman And at this particular

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:46.640
time in the world's history, women were not very

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:54.339
highly valued or treasured like they are today,

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:56.519
at least in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter

00:29:56.519 --> 00:30:01.700
-day Saints. They were thought of as just they're

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:05.140
there, they're the servant. And I think this

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:08.440
part is beautiful because we have a woman. And

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:12.220
we have Matthew and John telling a story of a

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:18.240
woman coming and anointing the Savior. And as

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:21.000
you think about that, that is something that

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:24.000
in maybe the Jewish culture is done by the great

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:27.279
high priest, which represents Jesus Christ. And

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:30.259
as we think about our own personal experience,

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:32.940
if you've been through the temple, the first

00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:35.559
thing the Lord does for you is he anoints you.

00:30:36.430 --> 00:30:40.349
And he helps to bring you to a higher plane because

00:30:40.349 --> 00:30:44.069
he wants to help you become a king or a queen

00:30:44.069 --> 00:30:49.309
in his temple. And so here's the woman, and she

00:30:49.309 --> 00:30:52.569
comes with this expensive oil. And we start in

00:30:52.569 --> 00:30:56.269
verse number six, so Matthew 26, verse six. Amy,

00:30:56.349 --> 00:31:00.329
you want to read down to verse seven, six and

00:31:00.329 --> 00:31:03.339
seven? Now when Jesus was in Bethany in the house

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:05.420
of Simon the leper, there came unto him a woman

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:08.660
having an alabaster box of very precious ointment

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:11.039
and poured it onto his head as he sat at meat.

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:15.799
And so we can think about her as saying, this

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:20.079
is the Messiah. Not the Messiah in the sense

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:23.900
that he's going to overthrow the Roman government,

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:26.980
but he is the one that is going to save her.

00:31:30.829 --> 00:31:33.690
When we get to the burial of the Savior, what

00:31:33.690 --> 00:31:36.190
they would do is they would put on all sorts

00:31:36.190 --> 00:31:40.769
of ointments and anointing them and trying to

00:31:40.769 --> 00:31:45.390
make that body smell as best as it could. So

00:31:45.390 --> 00:31:47.730
it was a very, very expensive thing that is happening

00:31:47.730 --> 00:31:51.809
here. And she is looking forward to his ultimate

00:31:51.809 --> 00:31:58.250
saving of her and her own personal resurrection.

00:32:00.170 --> 00:32:02.190
as it goes on to verse number eight, but then

00:32:02.190 --> 00:32:05.769
his disciples saw it and had indignation saying,

00:32:05.930 --> 00:32:11.690
to what purpose is this waste? And for this ointment

00:32:11.690 --> 00:32:13.990
might have been sold for much and given to the

00:32:13.990 --> 00:32:16.970
poor. And when Jesus understood it, he said unto

00:32:16.970 --> 00:32:20.470
them, why trouble ye the woman? For she hath

00:32:20.470 --> 00:32:24.730
wrought a good work upon me. For ye have the

00:32:24.730 --> 00:32:28.950
poor always with you, but me ye have not always.

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:33.180
For in that she hath poured this ointment on

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:37.559
my body, she did it in my burial. And I just

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:41.019
think that is just so beautiful to have a woman

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:46.920
understanding what true connection the Savior

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:50.619
really is for each and every one of us. And he's

00:32:50.619 --> 00:32:54.200
going to be resurrected. And we can, you know,

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:57.740
from President Oaks inviting us again this year.

00:32:58.329 --> 00:33:02.549
on Easter Sunday to say, He is risen. And this

00:33:02.549 --> 00:33:05.710
comes from a woman that does this. I think it's

00:33:05.710 --> 00:33:09.250
a beautiful thing to think about on Wednesday.

00:33:10.529 --> 00:33:15.390
Women Wednesday. Women Wednesday. That's great.

00:33:15.630 --> 00:33:19.150
I love it. So what can we do to bless and heal

00:33:19.150 --> 00:33:23.869
on Wednesday? Yes. You know, I came across a

00:33:23.869 --> 00:33:26.910
quote this week that really stuck out to me.

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:32.079
And it has to do with this. You know, whenever

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:34.299
I think of like different ways that I can serve

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:37.819
Jesus, you know, one of them is to withhold judgment

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:43.779
and to offer grace in all situations. And I love

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:47.319
this. It says, Jesus demonstrated how to sit

00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:49.880
at tables with those who would betray us and

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:53.019
also maintain our composure. And our character.

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:55.980
So I think that just goes back to we're always

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:59.000
children of God. We always stand with him regardless

00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:03.000
of how others treat us. And sometimes that's

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:07.079
the best way we can honor him. Well -wishing

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:16.260
Wednesday. Take whatever works for you. Use your

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:21.799
freedom. Okay, so now we're to Thursday. And

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:26.440
Thursday would have been... I mean, there's some

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:31.519
discrepancy here, but... Because? So John says

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:34.340
that he has maybe a different timeline, but I'm

00:34:34.340 --> 00:34:36.460
not here to squabble over the timeline. I'm here

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:38.840
to think... What can we do to make this... Now

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:42.159
we've had the lamb in our house. This is the

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:45.800
fourth day. And here we are coming to Passover.

00:34:46.789 --> 00:34:51.829
Some people call it Monday, Thursday. And so

00:34:51.829 --> 00:34:58.110
here we are to the culmination of the deliverer

00:34:58.110 --> 00:35:02.550
and putting the blood that we caught from the

00:35:02.550 --> 00:35:05.389
basin of the lamb that was offered as a sacrifice

00:35:05.389 --> 00:35:08.510
in our house and putting the hyssop in the blood

00:35:08.510 --> 00:35:11.809
and then going out and putting it on the doorpost

00:35:11.809 --> 00:35:15.900
and the lintel going across the top there. and

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:19.400
wanting the blood of jesus christ to completely

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:23.920
cover us through his atonement or to kafar or

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:30.599
completely cover us is what the savior wants

00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:35.199
us to think of on this day so here they are having

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:39.340
an upper room experience and they are there and

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:44.199
all of the the meal is set and There's the bread,

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:47.019
there's the wine, there's the bitter herbs from

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:50.619
the bondage that they are in. And the Savior

00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:54.860
comes in and has a Passover meal with them. But

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:57.380
this is the beautiful part where he takes and

00:35:57.380 --> 00:36:01.340
makes the New Testament. Where he takes the unleavened

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:05.840
bread and he breaks it. And he gives it to them

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:08.920
and says, this is my body, take, eat in remembrance

00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:12.559
of me. And then he takes the wine that is there

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:16.480
and blesses it and gives it to us. And this is

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:20.119
a remembrance of my blood. And something that

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:23.219
we are all incredibly familiar with when it comes

00:36:23.219 --> 00:36:25.380
to the sacrament, where every Sunday we're having

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:30.519
a Passover meal with the Savior. And it's a beautiful

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:32.659
thing to think of, especially if you were in

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:36.860
the ancient world, if you were at war with somebody.

00:36:37.769 --> 00:36:40.789
And if you brought them into your house and you

00:36:40.789 --> 00:36:43.409
had a meal with them, that means that he's at

00:36:43.409 --> 00:36:47.349
peace with you. And so every Sunday, the Savior

00:36:47.349 --> 00:36:50.449
invites us into his house, and he says, I'm at

00:36:50.449 --> 00:36:53.869
peace with you. We're going to have a meal together

00:36:53.869 --> 00:36:56.829
today, and we're going to take the sacrament.

00:36:57.750 --> 00:37:01.530
I love that. That's wonderful. And so there's

00:37:01.530 --> 00:37:04.769
the sacrament, and then he washes his disciples'

00:37:04.969 --> 00:37:08.340
feet. And then, oh, sorry, he washes his disciple

00:37:08.340 --> 00:37:12.760
feet first and then after that. So then Judas

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:18.260
goes to betray the Savior, and then they carry

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:22.239
on with the night from that point on. And so

00:37:22.239 --> 00:37:25.760
a beautiful thing that they do here is they,

00:37:25.880 --> 00:37:34.460
as this all ends, Verse number 30. So Matthew

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:39.159
26, verse 30. The Savior asked them and they

00:37:39.159 --> 00:37:44.719
all sing a hymn together. And music is powerful.

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:49.280
And then they head out to the Garden of Gethsemane.

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:51.860
See, ladies, have any questions you want to ask

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:53.639
about that first part or any comments you'd like

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:57.260
to make there on the Feast of the Passover and

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:59.889
the sacrament? Is that it on Thursday? No, we're

00:37:59.889 --> 00:38:02.269
still on Thursday. He's going into the next part.

00:38:02.289 --> 00:38:04.809
The next part of Thursday. No, just a thought

00:38:04.809 --> 00:38:07.489
when you're talking about Gafar and just thoughts

00:38:07.489 --> 00:38:09.849
back to the temple garment and the covering.

00:38:09.949 --> 00:38:14.010
But maybe just a brief action item here would

00:38:14.010 --> 00:38:20.150
be just to reflect on the Savior covering us

00:38:20.150 --> 00:38:24.329
in our lives or maybe reissue the challenge to

00:38:24.329 --> 00:38:27.019
make our sacrament. time more meaningful because

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:28.980
again it isn't just a week of our lives this

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:31.840
is something that we can daily consider and weekly

00:38:31.840 --> 00:38:34.440
consider as we remember the sacrament yeah if

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:36.280
nothing more all the things you're sharing because

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:39.460
you have like tidbits of of um you know the time

00:38:39.460 --> 00:38:41.699
and the culture and all these things it just

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:45.000
brings to my remembrance more and more that The

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:47.500
Church of Jesus Christ that he instituted is

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:49.559
not much different than the Church of Jesus Christ

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:51.880
that we live now. They have different words.

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.500
We do it in different ways. But the symbolism

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:56.300
is so rich. And we live that every day. Like

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:58.940
you said, the kaphar, the lamb, the blood. We're

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:01.139
wearing our garments every day. We are covered

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:04.960
every day in this covenant that we've made with

00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:07.199
Jesus Christ. So I just, I feel like it's tying

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.719
all these sweet little ribbons in my mind. Always

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:15.840
remember me. And the opportunity is always there

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:18.179
for us to do it. But if we don't take a moment

00:39:18.179 --> 00:39:21.440
and reflect on the many ways that we can make

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:23.139
him part of our daily life, then it is just the

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:25.500
thing we do. We don't know why we do it. It's

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:28.920
just the way that we've done it. We want to emphasize

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:33.880
the why, make it important to us. So they sing

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:36.639
a hymn, then they go up the Kidron Valley and

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:40.980
head up to the place that we call Gethsemane.

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:45.219
In Hebrew, geth means to press, or gath means

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:49.920
to press, and shem means oil. So it's a big old

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:53.590
oil press that they head up to. And I like to

00:39:53.590 --> 00:39:57.130
read at this point John chapter 17. And this

00:39:57.130 --> 00:39:59.309
is the intercessory prayer of the Savior. And

00:39:59.309 --> 00:40:01.909
if you wanted to turn there and just read this

00:40:01.909 --> 00:40:05.750
whole chapter. But he gathers all of his disciples

00:40:05.750 --> 00:40:09.289
out of this Gethsemane and he prays for them

00:40:09.289 --> 00:40:13.030
that they may be one as he and the Father are

00:40:13.030 --> 00:40:15.750
one. And then he prays for all of us that we

00:40:15.750 --> 00:40:19.119
all may be one together. in this oneness as he

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:22.059
enters into the the garden of gethsemane and

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:24.980
then he tells his disciples to wait he takes

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:27.219
peter james and john and he goes in a little

00:40:27.219 --> 00:40:30.960
bit deeper into the the garden of the gethsemane

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:35.960
and then he offers them to uh wait at that point

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:39.039
and then the savior goes even deeper into the

00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:41.260
garden of gethsemane and if you if you think

00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:46.300
about this so he's he is uh The Mount of Olives

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:50.139
is facing, and you can look at the temple, the

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:52.760
Temple Mount. And as we make that progression

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:55.599
in the temple, and we go through all of the different

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:58.420
things that happened anciently in the rituals

00:40:58.420 --> 00:41:01.760
of the washing, going into the holy place where

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:04.900
there's the table of showbread, the altar of

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:08.400
incense, and the menorah that is lit representing

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:12.380
his presence. And then he goes into the Holy

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:15.650
of Holies. You think of these three progressions

00:41:15.650 --> 00:41:17.710
that the Lord is making, where he leaves his

00:41:17.710 --> 00:41:20.030
disciples in the Gethsemane, then he goes into

00:41:20.030 --> 00:41:22.230
the holy place, leaves Peter, James, and John.

00:41:22.829 --> 00:41:26.570
And then he, the great high priest, goes in and

00:41:26.570 --> 00:41:32.329
offers atonement on the mercy seat. And as he

00:41:32.329 --> 00:41:36.489
is there, he is where we start to think about

00:41:36.489 --> 00:41:44.070
all of the sins, infirmities. trials, tribulations,

00:41:44.250 --> 00:41:50.070
and if you think about that, to be pressed, and

00:41:50.070 --> 00:41:56.469
the oil press, the weight of all of His creations

00:41:56.469 --> 00:42:00.210
are pressing down on Him at this moment. And

00:42:00.210 --> 00:42:07.010
if you were to take our sacrament hymn that we

00:42:07.010 --> 00:42:14.619
sing, and you have the The young holder of the

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:18.099
Aaronic Priesthood is up there, and he takes

00:42:18.099 --> 00:42:21.780
the bread, a whole piece of bread, and then he

00:42:21.780 --> 00:42:28.960
takes it and he breaks it in his hand as we're

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:33.019
singing the hymn that says, bruised, broken,

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:43.340
torn for us on Calvary's Hill. What they would

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:45.360
do is they'd take the olives and they'd put it

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:49.400
in this press and they would break them up and

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:51.460
mash them up and then they'd put it in this bag

00:42:51.460 --> 00:42:54.840
and they'd put it under the press. And then the

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:57.400
olives of the first press that would come off

00:42:57.400 --> 00:43:01.599
of that would be red, kind of brown, bitter water

00:43:01.599 --> 00:43:05.360
that would come off. And so there's the Savior,

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:08.340
the weight is just pressing down on him as he

00:43:08.340 --> 00:43:12.480
begins to bleed from every pore. on our behalf.

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:16.440
And then we all know he comes out and his disciples

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:20.260
are sleeping and he says to them, could you not

00:43:20.260 --> 00:43:24.599
watch with me one hour? And I love that sacrament

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:30.099
meeting is one hour. Could you not watch with

00:43:30.099 --> 00:43:34.400
me one hour? Could you hang with me for one hour?

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:37.360
And then he goes back in and he suffers more

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:41.929
and he does that three times. And then he says

00:43:41.929 --> 00:43:47.630
to his disciples, the last time to sleep on.

00:43:49.030 --> 00:43:52.170
And then they come out of the Garden of Gethsemane.

00:43:52.690 --> 00:44:00.230
And who was there? But all of the Sanhedrin and

00:44:00.230 --> 00:44:02.530
the people that are there to betray him. And

00:44:02.530 --> 00:44:07.389
here comes Judas and betrays him with a kiss.

00:44:09.929 --> 00:44:14.010
They come to bind the Savior, and Peter is all

00:44:14.010 --> 00:44:17.170
sorts of amped up at this moment, ready to fight.

00:44:17.949 --> 00:44:23.769
They come to bind the Savior, and Peter cuts

00:44:23.769 --> 00:44:29.769
off the guy's ear, right? And then the Savior

00:44:29.769 --> 00:44:32.130
reaches up and heals him and says, in essence,

00:44:32.289 --> 00:44:35.289
could I not call down a legion of angels right

00:44:35.289 --> 00:44:38.860
now and stop this whole thing? And the Savior

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:41.800
says, I need to be about my Father's business.

00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:46.880
This needs to take place. And we can go to President

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:49.900
Holland's talk, Whom Seek Ye. I don't know the

00:44:49.900 --> 00:44:54.300
title of it off the top of my head, but the Savior

00:44:54.300 --> 00:44:59.300
asked, Whom Seek Ye? And then they said, Jesus

00:44:59.300 --> 00:45:04.480
of Nazareth. And the Savior says, I am He. It's

00:45:04.480 --> 00:45:05.860
called I Am He, and it was in this conference

00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:09.079
talk like three talks ago. Yeah, I Am He, and

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:13.260
every one of them falls on the ground. Back up,

00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:15.699
yeah. The power that came from that, I Am He.

00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:18.559
Amy and I talked about how we love when we hear

00:45:18.559 --> 00:45:20.320
those words, I Am He, that we would fall forward

00:45:20.320 --> 00:45:24.480
at His knees. Yeah, I Am the Great I Am. And

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:27.980
they knew that He's saying a sacred name that

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:30.900
is not supposed to be said. But with power, they

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:36.889
felt it. whether they understood that what he

00:45:36.889 --> 00:45:38.369
was saying or if they thought that he was just

00:45:38.369 --> 00:45:40.889
being blasphemous and they're falling to the

00:45:40.889 --> 00:45:44.769
ground because they hear yahweh i don't know

00:45:44.769 --> 00:45:47.690
which one it is but i like to think of them feeling

00:45:47.690 --> 00:45:53.010
of the power of the great i am there and so that's

00:45:53.010 --> 00:45:55.690
uh early friday morning the sun hasn't quite

00:45:55.690 --> 00:45:58.710
risen uh so that our jewish brothers and sisters

00:45:58.710 --> 00:46:02.130
follow the time of day at this time they would

00:46:02.130 --> 00:46:07.019
start At sunrise would be Friday for them. Sorry,

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:11.460
when the sun went down on Thursday, it was Friday

00:46:11.460 --> 00:46:14.460
for them. So for us, it would be Thursday. But

00:46:14.460 --> 00:46:18.639
Friday morning now is he's taken to Pilate and

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:22.320
he's taken to Caiaphas. So we're on Friday now.

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:23.760
Yeah, we're still on Friday. I don't know if

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:26.780
I'm going to stop on Thursday. Thursday has a

00:46:26.780 --> 00:46:28.880
lot in it because that's your Passover meal if

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:30.360
you're doing it. You know what I mean? There's

00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:34.030
a lot of things in there. Yeah, that's a good

00:46:34.030 --> 00:46:37.289
pause. What action item do you want to give your

00:46:37.289 --> 00:46:40.829
friends here? I felt like I kind of stopped you

00:46:40.829 --> 00:46:42.210
before you took us into the garden because I

00:46:42.210 --> 00:46:43.670
knew that was going to get heavy for me, but

00:46:43.670 --> 00:46:47.889
just really feeling like an emphasis on magnifying

00:46:47.889 --> 00:46:51.050
our time in the sacrament, magnifying the opportunities

00:46:51.050 --> 00:46:54.429
to think of our Savior during the week. And just

00:46:54.429 --> 00:46:56.829
one thought that came to me when you said the

00:46:56.829 --> 00:47:00.889
Savior says, I'm about my Father's work. That's

00:47:00.889 --> 00:47:04.099
us. We are the work. it is to fulfill that covenant

00:47:04.099 --> 00:47:07.920
is the time has come and we're anxiously watching

00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:10.800
that I think and anticipating what he said that

00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:14.420
he would do and the time has come so it's like

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:16.420
it's the weirdest emotion because it's like so

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:19.300
joyous because we know how it ends but it's like

00:47:19.300 --> 00:47:22.920
he had a mother that had to watch this happen

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:26.769
too and that's so sad and he also had We could

00:47:26.769 --> 00:47:28.809
think of the angel coming and comforting him,

00:47:28.909 --> 00:47:31.650
you know, in Luke that we read, that he bled

00:47:31.650 --> 00:47:34.710
from every pore. And as we just studied section

00:47:34.710 --> 00:47:36.630
19 of the Doctrine and Covenants, maybe you can

00:47:36.630 --> 00:47:40.889
go read again section 19 and think about the

00:47:40.889 --> 00:47:44.130
Savior testifying in his own words what happened

00:47:44.130 --> 00:47:48.769
to him in Gethsemane that caused him, even God,

00:47:48.869 --> 00:47:51.030
the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain,

00:47:51.230 --> 00:47:54.559
to bleed at every pore. To suffer both body and

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:56.380
spirit, right? It's true. That's the only first

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:58.519
-hand account we have. Yeah, from him. Section

00:47:58.519 --> 00:48:01.559
19. So you can go study that. Or you can think

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:04.679
about what can you do to comfort somebody else

00:48:04.679 --> 00:48:09.139
that's having a burden or a trial of some kind.

00:48:09.280 --> 00:48:12.460
What can you do to be that angel to comfort somebody?

00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:17.380
Perfect. I love those thoughts. So there it is.

00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:21.019
So now we're on Friday. Yeah, Friday. It's a

00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:28.539
heavy week. Holy week. Yes. I mean, there's a

00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:30.159
lot I'm going through. I've already cried through

00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:32.820
every day. We're on Friday. We all know that

00:48:32.820 --> 00:48:36.920
it ramps up from here. So this is called Good

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:39.820
Friday. And every time you say Good Friday, someone

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:45.139
said, how could this be good? And there's a song

00:48:45.139 --> 00:48:49.320
that is so beautiful. I don't know the artist's

00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:52.840
name, but he says, Friday's good. because Sunday's

00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:58.440
coming. You know, Friday's a heavy day, and it's

00:48:58.440 --> 00:49:02.500
good that the Savior allowed this to take place,

00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:07.360
or else... What would be the point? Yeah. In

00:49:07.360 --> 00:49:09.539
the way that he saw that it was good, not it

00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:12.940
was a good, great thing. So here's the irony

00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:16.320
of Pilate and Caiaphas. So Caiaphas represents

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:21.250
the great high priest, The great high priest

00:49:21.250 --> 00:49:26.510
has to take every sacrifice that is being offered

00:49:26.510 --> 00:49:30.090
and declare it, like we just read in Exodus chapter

00:49:30.090 --> 00:49:34.829
12. He declares it clean, without blemish, firstborn

00:49:34.829 --> 00:49:37.030
male. He goes through all the different things.

00:49:37.670 --> 00:49:41.369
And here comes the Savior before Caiaphas, the

00:49:41.369 --> 00:49:50.719
true clean sacrifice. He recommended himself.

00:49:50.900 --> 00:49:54.300
He didn't need stinking Caiaphas to do it. He

00:49:54.300 --> 00:50:00.219
is the great high priest, right? Yes. And here's

00:50:00.219 --> 00:50:04.940
Caiaphas saying, this isn't the son of God. We

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:07.039
need to crucify him, get rid of him, and then

00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:10.559
takes him to Pilate. And we could go through

00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:17.280
a ton of stories here. Pilate, in order for the

00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:21.760
custom of the people, he takes Barabbas, which

00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:27.900
means the Barabbas means son of the father. And

00:50:27.900 --> 00:50:32.980
we have Barabbas, who is a thief and an insurrectionist

00:50:32.980 --> 00:50:36.480
on one hand. And then we have Barabbas or Jesus

00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:39.219
Christ, who is the literal son of the father

00:50:39.219 --> 00:50:46.550
that is taken before them and offered. Barabbas

00:50:46.550 --> 00:50:52.349
is allowed to go free as a scapegoat. And again,

00:50:52.489 --> 00:50:57.829
we can think here, I am Barabbas. I am so flawed.

00:50:59.369 --> 00:51:03.489
I never had any right to be saved and freed from

00:51:03.489 --> 00:51:06.289
this, but Jesus Christ made that possible. He

00:51:06.289 --> 00:51:09.409
would have wanted Barabbas to be freed too. That

00:51:09.409 --> 00:51:12.630
wasn't an accident that it happened that way.

00:51:16.600 --> 00:51:23.139
And so Barabbas is freed, and then the people

00:51:23.139 --> 00:51:29.599
cry out to crucify the Savior. And as part of

00:51:29.599 --> 00:51:36.179
crucifixion that comes, then that comes with

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:41.019
the whipping and the scourging that take place.

00:51:42.699 --> 00:51:45.840
Spend a lot of time on that, but just to know

00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:51.880
that this was not a very pleasurable experience.

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:55.920
Most people would have died from that, even just

00:51:55.920 --> 00:51:58.960
this portion. And knowing that the Savior had

00:51:58.960 --> 00:52:01.500
just spent all night bleeding from every pore

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:06.000
and saying to his Father, if it be possible to

00:52:06.000 --> 00:52:09.480
remove this cup from me, nevertheless, not my

00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:12.760
will, but thine be done. he continued to drink

00:52:12.760 --> 00:52:16.599
and i i think that we as members of the church

00:52:16.599 --> 00:52:19.840
of jesus christ of latter -day saints we sometimes

00:52:19.840 --> 00:52:24.320
don't ponder enough on good friday we think that

00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:27.659
the the suffering took place on thursday and

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:30.199
the garden of gethsemane is done but here is

00:52:30.199 --> 00:52:33.699
the savior he's still drinking from this bitter

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:37.610
cup right now And as he's being whipped, and

00:52:37.610 --> 00:52:40.349
if you go to Leviticus, one of the things they

00:52:40.349 --> 00:52:43.150
would do with the sacrifices before they'd offer

00:52:43.150 --> 00:52:45.469
it as a sacrifice, they'd take and they would

00:52:45.469 --> 00:52:49.730
fillet off the flesh. And here is the Savior

00:52:49.730 --> 00:52:54.610
having his flesh being taken with a whip and

00:52:54.610 --> 00:52:59.050
being ripped off of his back as the ultimate

00:52:59.050 --> 00:53:39.619
sacrifice. And then in a very mocking way, having

00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:45.900
a crown of thorns placed upon his head. And then

00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:53.679
I can imagine the Savior is just... physically

00:53:53.679 --> 00:54:01.280
worn out at this point. They take and they make

00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:07.119
him pack his cross to Golgotha's Hill. And then

00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:13.659
they find Simon to pack his cross the rest of

00:54:13.659 --> 00:54:16.739
the way as they get up there. And then we can

00:54:16.739 --> 00:54:20.969
think of the nails. driven through his hands

00:54:20.969 --> 00:54:24.849
and his wrists and his feet and placed upon the

00:54:24.849 --> 00:54:31.889
cross for you and for me. And as he's placed

00:54:31.889 --> 00:54:33.909
on the cross, we can think that it's pretty early

00:54:33.909 --> 00:54:36.110
in the morning, probably about seven in the morning

00:54:36.110 --> 00:54:40.750
or eight o 'clock in the morning. And then the

00:54:40.750 --> 00:54:45.309
Savior hung on the cross from that point until

00:54:45.309 --> 00:54:49.449
his final word. It was about three o 'clock in

00:54:49.449 --> 00:54:52.989
the afternoon when the Savior said, it is finished.

00:54:53.670 --> 00:54:55.989
And I like to think with that phrase that he

00:54:55.989 --> 00:55:03.409
finished that last little part of the bitter

00:55:03.409 --> 00:55:09.010
cup. And he could say, I completed this bitter

00:55:09.010 --> 00:55:14.530
cup. We can go to 3 Nephi chapter 11. When the

00:55:14.530 --> 00:55:16.929
Savior comes to the Americas, he said, I drunk

00:55:16.929 --> 00:55:19.650
out of that bitter cup for you. We can go to

00:55:19.650 --> 00:55:22.650
Doctrine and Covenants section 19 when he talks

00:55:22.650 --> 00:55:25.929
about the bitter cup that he had to drink. And

00:55:25.929 --> 00:55:29.269
here it is. It's finished. And then no one could

00:55:29.269 --> 00:55:31.949
take the Savior's life. But he said, Father,

00:55:32.010 --> 00:55:36.429
into thy hands, I commend my spirit. I, with

00:55:36.429 --> 00:55:39.429
my agency, commend my spirit. And then he gave

00:55:39.429 --> 00:55:44.179
up the ghost. On this Good Friday, we could go

00:55:44.179 --> 00:55:48.199
look up the seven final statements that the Savior

00:55:48.199 --> 00:55:52.400
gives on the cross and think about them and ponder

00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:58.840
them and have them in our life. So there's Good

00:55:58.840 --> 00:56:06.659
Friday in a very abbreviated form. So to reiterate

00:56:06.659 --> 00:56:08.780
the last words of Christ, if you want to use

00:56:08.780 --> 00:56:11.809
this as your action item to study them. The references

00:56:11.809 --> 00:56:15.289
are Luke 23, 34. He says, Father, forgive them,

00:56:15.289 --> 00:56:19.550
for they know not what they do. Luke 23, 43 says,

00:56:19.809 --> 00:56:22.570
Verily I say unto thee, Today thou shalt be with

00:56:22.570 --> 00:56:28.730
me in paradise. John 19, 26 -27 says, Woman,

00:56:28.969 --> 00:56:35.110
behold thy son, behold thy mother. Then we have

00:56:35.110 --> 00:56:38.690
Matthew 27, 46. My God, my God, why hast thou

00:56:38.690 --> 00:56:43.610
forsaken me? John 19, 28, he said, I thirst.

00:56:45.170 --> 00:56:48.750
Luke 23, 46 says, Father, into the hands I commend

00:56:48.750 --> 00:56:57.170
my spirit. And John 19, 30, it is finished. Okay,

00:56:57.210 --> 00:57:02.769
so that is Friday. Good Friday, they say. Hey,

00:57:02.789 --> 00:57:04.650
remember, Friday's good because Sunday's coming.

00:57:08.360 --> 00:57:12.440
Let's start with the end of that day. So when

00:57:12.440 --> 00:57:15.860
the sun goes down, it is going to be Saturday

00:57:15.860 --> 00:57:19.099
or Shabbat. And they don't want to break the

00:57:19.099 --> 00:57:21.659
Sabbath. So they are racing as fast as they can.

00:57:21.800 --> 00:57:26.340
And the disciples go and they beg Pilate to allow

00:57:26.340 --> 00:57:29.239
them to take the body of the Savior because he

00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:33.079
would have been buried in a mass grave. And Joseph

00:57:33.079 --> 00:57:38.610
of Arimathea gives his tomb. to the Savior. Good

00:57:38.610 --> 00:57:42.030
choice. That's why I better use it. They take

00:57:42.030 --> 00:57:45.010
the Savior. He didn't need it for long. And if

00:57:45.010 --> 00:57:48.070
you think of the, at the birth of the Savior,

00:57:48.110 --> 00:57:52.510
we have the gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And

00:57:52.510 --> 00:57:58.130
so they take the Savior's body and they are trying

00:57:58.130 --> 00:58:04.659
their best to make reverence of the body. our

00:58:04.659 --> 00:58:07.159
father in heaven has given to us same oils are

00:58:07.159 --> 00:58:09.960
used for sure so meaning that the wise men knew

00:58:09.960 --> 00:58:12.139
like in the gift they were like we know that

00:58:12.139 --> 00:58:13.519
you're the savior you're going to need these

00:58:13.519 --> 00:58:17.880
sure i'm not i'm not saying so they put on uh

00:58:17.880 --> 00:58:22.360
this i have to go look at the scriptures but

00:58:22.360 --> 00:58:26.519
it's like tons it's super expensive amount of

00:58:26.519 --> 00:58:30.219
stuff to help prepare the savior's body and then

00:58:30.219 --> 00:58:32.679
they race before the sun goes down close the

00:58:32.679 --> 00:58:36.900
tomb And they're thinking, we're coming back

00:58:36.900 --> 00:58:41.840
Sunday morning to finish the preparations. And

00:58:41.840 --> 00:58:48.119
so maybe we could talk about Saturday. And our

00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:51.500
understanding, because of the restored gospel

00:58:51.500 --> 00:58:54.059
of Jesus Christ, of what the Savior was doing,

00:58:54.159 --> 00:58:59.699
is so unique and amazing. So on Saturday, the

00:58:59.699 --> 00:59:05.110
Savior was in paradise. And he was setting up

00:59:05.110 --> 00:59:10.090
the ministry of taking his restored gospel to

00:59:10.090 --> 00:59:14.530
all those that have been there in prison since

00:59:14.530 --> 00:59:19.690
the world began. And this great ministry and

00:59:19.690 --> 00:59:25.670
act of mercy and grace has been taken to all

00:59:25.670 --> 00:59:28.150
of our ancestors that have not had a chance to

00:59:28.150 --> 00:59:30.800
receive the gospel. And it will be taught to

00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:32.900
them in their fullness and their understanding.

00:59:33.500 --> 00:59:35.300
And they'll have an opportunity to use their

00:59:35.300 --> 00:59:39.300
agency to accept it and or reject it. And what

00:59:39.300 --> 00:59:41.480
a beautiful thing about on Saturday that the

00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:46.340
Savior is still about doing good. As his body

00:59:46.340 --> 00:59:50.380
is laid in the tomb, in his spirit, he is there

00:59:50.380 --> 00:59:52.900
preparing such a beautiful place for us all.

00:59:53.099 --> 00:59:58.159
So maybe a scripture you can read. It's Dr. Covenant

00:59:58.159 --> 01:00:02.860
section 130. 8. You can read that section. You

01:00:02.860 --> 01:00:06.539
can go to 1 Peter 3 and chapter 4 in 1 Peter.

01:00:06.659 --> 01:00:11.139
You can read about our understanding of what

01:00:11.139 --> 01:00:13.579
the Savior was doing to go and preach the gospel

01:00:13.579 --> 01:00:16.940
to those that had died. Maybe that would be two

01:00:16.940 --> 01:00:21.820
good things to study on Saturday. I love it because

01:00:21.820 --> 01:00:25.679
what you're saying is we know it's the interim

01:00:25.679 --> 01:00:27.860
time between laying down his body and picking

01:00:27.860 --> 01:00:31.380
it back up. because of these restored works and

01:00:31.380 --> 01:00:34.539
having the Doctrine and Covenants. So much was

01:00:34.539 --> 01:00:38.599
done. Wow. Organizing all of that, right? So

01:00:38.599 --> 01:00:40.940
you could do family history. You can index names.

01:00:41.179 --> 01:00:43.940
You can go to the temple and go to do a session,

01:00:44.039 --> 01:00:46.579
take your kids to do some baptisms. I think any

01:00:46.579 --> 01:00:49.739
time spent in the temple would be well worth

01:00:49.739 --> 01:00:51.739
it. At the temple grounds, if they're that age,

01:00:51.860 --> 01:00:54.639
in the temple, if they can be. So that is Saturday.

01:00:55.760 --> 01:00:58.599
So here we are on Sunday morning. So you can

01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:03.199
imagine all of his disciples, all the Marys,

01:01:03.199 --> 01:01:07.300
the Marthas there. All of them. Just waiting

01:01:07.300 --> 01:01:10.199
for the sun to come up so they wouldn't be breaking

01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:14.860
the Sabbath day to race to the tomb to finalize

01:01:14.860 --> 01:01:19.460
the burial of the Savior. And totally anticipating

01:01:19.460 --> 01:01:23.960
his body being taken and abused. more they didn't

01:01:23.960 --> 01:01:26.719
want that of all things stolen that and also

01:01:26.719 --> 01:01:30.960
pilate put two roman guards there to guard the

01:01:30.960 --> 01:01:33.460
door of the temple i mean of the tomb we call

01:01:33.460 --> 01:01:35.980
it temple yeah to guard the door of the tomb

01:01:35.980 --> 01:01:38.000
to make sure that no one did mess with the body

01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:40.039
so they couldn't say oh look it's gone oh he's

01:01:40.039 --> 01:01:42.800
resurrected so they put two roman guards there

01:01:42.800 --> 01:01:49.420
and here comes the angel and knocks open the

01:01:49.420 --> 01:01:52.239
door, and here's the Roman soldiers there that

01:01:52.239 --> 01:01:57.119
are just, holy cow. We were on the wrong side

01:01:57.119 --> 01:02:00.599
of this one. But they did come and tell what

01:02:00.599 --> 01:02:03.539
happened, and they told them, tell everybody

01:02:03.539 --> 01:02:06.559
that you fell asleep on watch, which would have

01:02:06.559 --> 01:02:10.199
been immediate death penalty for these Roman

01:02:10.199 --> 01:02:13.199
guards. They would have been put to death because

01:02:13.199 --> 01:02:15.760
they fell asleep while on their watch. And so

01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:18.099
that's what they told everybody. They fell asleep.

01:02:18.199 --> 01:02:20.559
Someone came and stole the body. But we know

01:02:20.559 --> 01:02:25.639
the truth is that the Savior was risen. And here

01:02:25.639 --> 01:02:30.300
comes the disciples up and the two angels are

01:02:30.300 --> 01:02:36.920
sitting there and Mary just beside herself saying,

01:02:37.039 --> 01:02:40.059
tell me where you have taken him so that I can

01:02:40.059 --> 01:02:47.659
finish what I was supposed to do. The phrase

01:02:47.659 --> 01:02:52.019
is, he is not here, for he is risen. And that

01:02:52.019 --> 01:03:00.539
is where we would say he is risen. And so if

01:03:00.539 --> 01:03:06.139
you go to John chapter 20, and we come down,

01:03:06.260 --> 01:03:11.739
Mary is there in verse number 15. And Jesus saith

01:03:11.739 --> 01:03:15.730
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom seekest

01:03:15.730 --> 01:03:20.269
thou? And she, supposing him to be the gardener,

01:03:20.309 --> 01:03:23.769
saith unto him, Sir, if thou hath borne him hence,

01:03:23.849 --> 01:03:27.030
tell me where, that thou hast laid him, and I

01:03:27.030 --> 01:03:30.090
will take him away. And Jesus saith unto her,

01:03:30.190 --> 01:03:33.469
Mary. And she turned, and saith unto him, Rabboni,

01:03:33.630 --> 01:03:37.369
which is to say, Master. And Jesus saith unto

01:03:37.369 --> 01:03:40.440
her, Touch me not. For I am not yet ascended

01:03:40.440 --> 01:03:43.420
unto my Father, but I go to my Father, unto my

01:03:43.420 --> 01:03:46.119
brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my

01:03:46.119 --> 01:03:49.280
Father and your Father, and to my God and your

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God. And then Mary Magdalene went and told the

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disciples. But I love that verse 17 there in

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this beautiful imagery that is placed in my mind.

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If you read the Joseph Smith translation there

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when it says, Touch me not, it really should

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say, Hold me now. Mary, you've got to stop hugging

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me. You know, I just love that image. She's just

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like so grateful and excited that he is alive.

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And no one has ever seen this. And that someone

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would die and then three days later be resurrected

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is an unheard of thing. if we go back to the

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saturday before palm sunday the the event that

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started this all off is lazarus laid in the tomb

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for four days and the savior brought him back

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from the dead uh to show his power and here is

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uh three days later the the angel says is there

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and here's the savior testifying to mary and

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to all that i am risen and so One thing that

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I have been thinking about is because Jesus Christ

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is resurrected, maybe we could ponder, what does

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that mean for my resurrection? What does that

01:05:16.579 --> 01:05:21.119
mean for me personally? And yes, ponder the Savior's

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resurrection, but also be thinking about, tell

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me about your resurrection. What is that going

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to be like on that day for you? Because if the

01:05:31.519 --> 01:05:37.789
Savior is risen, we will be risen too. Just to

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clarify, you were saying Lazarus was raised from

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the dead, Jesus Christ was resurrected. And so

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here's something kind of just a little tidbit

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of knowledge that on this day in the temple at

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Jesus' time, they would offer up the first fruit

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offering. And here is, as we go to 1 Corinthians

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chapter 15, Jesus Christ is the first fruit of

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those that slept. And he was brought back from

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the dead, the first to being raised from the

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dead in the morning of the first resurrection.

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And because he has been risen, now we're still

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in that first morning, all the way up to the

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glorious second coming and entering into the

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millennium. But as we think about our journey

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through the temple, it is testifying to us of

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the Savior's resurrection. And as we pass through

01:06:36.889 --> 01:06:40.429
that veil to head into the slasher room, that

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is what the Savior wants us to think about is

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our resurrection. Having been true and faithful,

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well done now, good and faithful servant, right?

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And to be resurrected. So that ends our holy

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week thought of the Savior and his amazing mortal

01:07:02.989 --> 01:07:07.320
ministry. Everything points. to this Friday's

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good because Sunday's coming and he's risen.

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Sunday came. It's here. So wonderful. I love

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that. I just love that all of that is possible.

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Like us going to the temple, us having these

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experiences is all possible because he rent the

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veil. That's how we're able to get, you know

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what I mean? It just, again, so much symbolism

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and it brings so much happiness to my heart.

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Yes. So grateful. And as you brought that up,

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he rent the veil when he said, it is finished.

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The veil physically rent from top to bottom.

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I so want to see a replay of that. And here is

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the great high priest went into the Holy Holies

01:07:47.570 --> 01:07:51.570
and allowed all of us to enter into the Holy

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Holies. And you made the point that the idea

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of the spirit will turn. didn't exist. It was

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all waiting for that moment in time to happen.

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For 2 ,000 years. That's why he's so busy Saturday

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organizing the teaching of his gospel. Sure.

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And even since, if you go read Peter, from Noah,

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from Adam, they've been waiting there in prison.

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And they are just waiting for this good news

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to come. And can you imagine as soon as the Savior

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is there, then those that are the ministers that

01:08:26.699 --> 01:08:29.619
are going out to take the gospel of jesus christ

01:08:29.619 --> 01:08:33.779
to them what that looked like in the spirit world

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so amazing there'll be lots of opportunities

01:08:38.619 --> 01:08:41.479
and good things to be spending your time focusing

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on during holy week and you know sometimes we

01:08:45.600 --> 01:08:47.640
can make it complicated we can overwork ourselves

01:08:47.640 --> 01:08:50.560
but really the whole point is you know what pieces

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and parts are going to work for you to draw you

01:08:53.420 --> 01:08:55.869
closer to our savior do you want to spend some

01:08:55.869 --> 01:08:57.850
time reflecting on your testimony looking at

01:08:57.850 --> 01:08:59.729
the living christ jotting your thoughts down

01:08:59.729 --> 01:09:03.869
um you know making an action plan for what the

01:09:03.869 --> 01:09:06.810
sacrament you want to look like for you you know

01:09:06.810 --> 01:09:08.390
thinking about your covenants during the week

01:09:08.390 --> 01:09:11.630
there are little you know stories you can bring

01:09:11.630 --> 01:09:14.390
up to the forefront your kids can hear from you

01:09:14.390 --> 01:09:16.890
what can we do to testify more of our savior

01:09:16.890 --> 01:09:19.649
jesus christ to proclaim this good news to the

01:09:19.649 --> 01:09:23.109
world i think there's a lot that we can do don't

01:09:23.109 --> 01:09:25.909
want you to feel overwhelmed by that that you

01:09:25.909 --> 01:09:28.529
let slip by without doing. Just take what you

01:09:28.529 --> 01:09:32.510
can and do good with it. And there's always more

01:09:32.510 --> 01:09:34.510
times later. And the invitation from President

01:09:34.510 --> 01:09:37.510
Oaks, as you saw on social media, he said, on

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this Easter Sunday, many of our Christian brothers

01:09:42.329 --> 01:09:45.789
and sisters greet each other and they say, he

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is risen. And that's how they, and he said, you

01:09:49.229 --> 01:09:51.149
could possibly do that. So as we go to church

01:09:51.149 --> 01:09:54.300
on Sunday. We can just say he's risen. Love it.

01:09:54.359 --> 01:09:57.979
Love it. And on your social media posts. Yeah,

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he's risen. Let's trend that. All right. We love

01:10:02.680 --> 01:10:04.260
you guys. Thank you for being with us. Thank

01:10:04.260 --> 01:10:06.760
you so much, Adam. You were fantastic. Come again.